<topPost /> Mega-congrats on the new release!!! In wonder how tracker compares now to the other indexers ;)
Jon On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 18:52 +0000, Jamie McCracken wrote: > I'm pleased to announce a new stable release of Tracker (version 0.5.4) > - the all-in-one indexer, search tool and extensible metadata database. > > Tarball : > http://www.gnome.org/~jamiemcc/tracker/tracker-0.5.4.tar.gz > > > New Features : > > * Indexing at ludicrous speed - massively optimised indexing so its now > 10x faster than previous version. Indexing speeds are now around 100 > text files per second (which is about the maximum possible considering > the I/O time to read 100 files from a hard drive). > > * Index while you work - now scheduled even better so it should never > slow the system down whilst allowing users to work without being > affected by or even noticing it. > > Tracker will not hammer your system nor consume unreasonable amounts of > memory and is virtually unobtrusive in daily use. > > Also provides additional --throttle command line parameter to customise > throttling even further so no need to endure noisy fans or hot laptops > while indexing. > > * New verbosity param to control how much data is shown on screen and in log > > * Fixed mplayer backend which is now used if gstreamer backend returns > no metadata > > * Improved reaping of all spawned apps - no more zombies! > > * Improved mime and text file detection > > * Added improved deskbar-handler > > * Got tracker to run nicely on FUSE based filesystems > > > What is it? > > Tracker is a personal search tool and storage system that allows you to > search and enhance your personal data with the minimum of fuss. > > It allows you to find the proverbial needle in your computer's haystack > as well as providing a one stop solution to the organisation, storage > and categorisation of your data. > > What does it do? > > Tracker trawls through your data and categorises it so that it can be > retrieved extremely quickly later on via simple searches. > > This organisation puts your data into categories so that application > like photo managers and music players can instantly find relevant > content automatically > > Tracker enables you to tag your data with keywords which can be used to > find related information or to group and categorise your data further > > Tracker lets you extend your data with additional metadata > > For more info, report bugs or to contact developers: > > Mailing List: > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list > > Website : > www.tracker-project.org > > IRC: > #tracker on irc.gimp.net > > Bugzilla: > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=tracker > > > > -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
